By Mark Pszonak
With a full slate of games this weekend there were countless 2023/2024 transfers who shined. Here are some of the top performances:
QB Cam Ward, Miami-Florida (Washington State)
Ward completed 25 of 41 passes for 400 yards, five touchdowns and one interception during a 53-31 victory over Duke.
QB Dillon Gabriel, Oregon (Oklahoma)
Gabriel completed 22 of 34 passes for 294 yards and one touchdown during a 38-17 victory at Michigan. He also rushed for 23 yards and one touchdown on three carries.
QB Kurtis Rourke, Indiana (Ohio)
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Rourke completed 19 of 29 passes for 263 yards and four touchdowns during a 47-10 victory at Michigan State.
QB Zeon Chriss, Houston (Louisiana)
Chriss completed all 11 of his attempts for 103 yards and one touchdown during a 24-19 victory over Kansas State. He also had a team-high 75 yards rushing and one touchdown on 22 carries.
QB Sam Leavitt, Arizona State (Michigan State)
Leavitt completed 20 of 29 passes for 304 yards and three touchdowns during a 42-21 victory at Oklahoma State.
QB Kyle McCord, Syracuse (Ohio State)
McCord completed 24 of 35 passes for 280 yards, two touchdowns and one interception during a 38-31 overtime victory over Virginia Tech.
WR Mario Williams, Tulane (USC)
Williams finished with six receptions for 96 yards during a 34-3 victory at Charlotte.
WR Ted Hurst, Georgia State (D2 Valdosta State)
Hurst finished with seven receptions for 91 yards and one touchdown during a 34-27 loss at UConn.
WR Elijah Sarratt, Indiana (James Madison)
Sarratt finished with four receptions for 59 yards and two touchdowns during a 47-10 victory at Michigan State.
WR Justus Ross-Simmons, Syracuse (Colorado State)
Ross-Simmons finished with four receptions for 88 yards and two touchdowns during a 38-31 overtime victory over Virginia Tech.
WR Ahmarian Granger, Akron (Old Dominion)
Granger finished with five receptions for 95 yards and one touchdown during a 41-30 loss to Buffalo.
WR Jacoby Jones, UCF (Ohio)
Jones finished with five receptions for 106 yards and one touchdown during a 56-12 victory over Arizona.
WR Josh Kelly, Texas Tech (Washington State)
Kelly finished with eight receptions for 127 yards and two touchdowns during a 23-22 victory at Iowa State.
WR Isaiah Neyor, Nebraska (Texas)
Neyor finished with four receptions for 89 yards and one touchdown during a 27-20 loss to UCLA.
WR Myles Butler, Middle Tennessee State (Central Arkansas)
Butler finished with five receptions for 101 yards and one touchdown during a 20-13 victory at UTEP.
TE Matthew Hibner, SMU (Michigan)
Hibner finished with three receptions for 108 yards and one touchdown during a 48-25 victory over Pittsburgh.
TE Justin Joly, NC State (UConn)
Joly finished with four receptions for 66 yards and one touchdown during a 59-28 victory over Stanford.
RB Raheim Sanders, South Carolina (Arkansas)
Sanders rushed for 144 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries during a 44-20 victory over Texas A&M.
RB Tre Stewart, Jacksonville State (D2 Limestone)
Stewart rushed for 232 yards and four touchdowns on 27 carries during a 31-21 victory at Liberty.
RB Brashard Smith, SMU (Miami-Florida)
Smith rushed for 161 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries during a 48-25 victory over Pittsburgh. He also had four receptions for 21 yards and one touchdown.
RB Jordan Waters, NC State (Duke)
Waters rushed for 115 yards and two touchdowns on only five carries during a 59-28 victory over Stanford.
RB Hollywood Smothers, NC State (Oklahoma)
Smothers rushed for 100 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries during a 59-28 victor over Stanford.
RB Mel Brown, UConn (Gardner-Webb)
Brown rushed for 138 yards and one touchdown on 14 carries during a 34-27 victory over Georgia State. He also had two receptions for 18 yards.
RB Jonah Coleman, Washington (Arizona)
Coleman rushed for 104 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries during a 26-21 victory over USC. He also had two receptions for 17 yards.
RB CJ Campbell, Florida Atlantic (Florida State)
Campbell rushed for 90 yards and two touchdowns on 12 carries and had five receptions for 78 yards and one touchdown during a 44-21 loss to South Florida.
RB Gerald Green, Troy (East Carolina)
Green rushed for 123 yards and one touchdown on 19 carries during a 38-24 victory over Coastal Carolina. He also had one reception which went 83 yards for a touchdown.
RB Marquez Cooper, San Diego State (Ball State)
Cooper rushed for 94 yards and one touchdown on 16 carries during a 56-24 loss at Boise State.
RB Mike Washington, New Mexico State (Buffalo)
Washington rushed for a team-high 88 yards and one touchdown on 11 carries during a 34-13 loss at Florida International.
RB Aaron Young, Old Dominion (Rutgers)
Young rushed for 110 yards on 14 carries during a 28-20 loss at Appalachian State.
DL Mikail Kamara, Indiana (James Madison)
Kamara finished with seven tackles, 4.5 tackles for loss and 2.5 sacks during a 47-10 victory at Michigan State.
DL Princely Umanmielen, Ole Miss (Florida)
Umanmielen finished with three tackles, two tackles for loss, two sacks and recovered a fumble in the end zone for a touchdown during a 63-31 victory at Arkansas.
DL Kobe Stewart, Buffalo (Samford)
Stewart finished with five tackles, 2.5 tackles for loss, 1.5 sacks and one pass breakup during a 40-31 victory at Akron.
DB Laterrance Welch, Arizona State (LSU)
Welch finished with four tackles and four pass breakups during a 42-21 victory at Oklahoma State.
DB Micah Robinson, Tulane (Furman)
Robinson finished with three tackles, one pass breakup and one interception, which was returned 21 yards for a touchdown, during a 34-3 victory at Charlotte.
LB Jamon Dumas-Johnson, Kentucky (Georgia)
Dumas-Johnson finished with a team-high 14 tackles, one tackle for loss and one sack during a 28-18 loss at Tennessee.
LB Michael Batton, Houston (Louisiana-Monroe)
Batton finished with a team-high 11 tackles and 1.5 tackles for loss during a 24-19 victory over Kansas State.
LB Demetrius Knight, South Carolina (Charlotte)
Knight finished with a team-high 11 tackles and .5 tackles for loss during a 44-20 victory over Texas A&M.
LB Stone Blanton, Mississippi State (South Carolina)
Blanton finished with a team-high 14 tackles and one pass breakup during a 45-20 victory over UMass.
LB Ethan Barr, UCF (Vanderbilt)
Barr finished with a team-high 10 tackles and one tackle for loss during a 56-12 victory over Arizona.
LB Shaun Dolac, Buffalo (Utah State)
Dolac finished with a team-high 12 tackles and one pass breakup during a 40-31 victory at Akron.
LB Courtney McBride, South Alabama (Florida Atlantic)
McBride finished with six tackles, three tackles for loss and one sack during a 34-30 loss to Georgia Southern.
LB James Djonkam, Eastern Michigan (Arizona State)
Djonkam finished with 11 tackles, .5 tackles for loss and one pass breakup during a 29-28 loss to Toledo.
LB Dorian Hopkins, UTEP (Tulsa)
Hopkins finished with 11 tackles, two tackles for loss, one sack and one interception during a 20-13 loss to Middle Tennessee State.
